As a master personal trainer and performance coach, I’ve served as head strength coach to many teams, agencies and showcase athletes. However, I had an experience many years ago that […]
General Health
Grandparenting is Good for Your Health
My mother’s parents were the epitome of genteel, God-fearing country folk who eventually sold their farm “down under the hill” and retired to a charming little white bungalow just a […]
Your Favorite Holiday Memories
If there is one lesson the past year has taught us, it is that time with our loved ones is incredibly valuable. For many people, the holidays give us the […]
Organ Donation Offers the Gift of Life
According to the Talmud, whoever saves one life saves the world entire. If so, Keegan Johnson has saved the world at least three times over. Keegan was only 17 when […]
Wearable Heart Monitors Track Heart Rate
In the past, getting your heart rate checked for arrhythmia or irregular heartbeat required a trip to the doctor’s office and spending time hooked up to an EKG machine. But […]
Would You Like A Salad With That?
When Shakespeare coined the expression “salad days,” he meant youthful ardor and zeal, not the time for us to eat chopped lettuce on a dainty plate. At “casa Duke,” “salad […]
The Easley YMCA
Shortly after the Easley YMCA turns 60 in 2022, it will have a second grand opening, this time with a new 57,000-square-foot facility built directly behind the original building on Burns Road. […]
Surviving COVID
When Mandy Powell and I started our telephone interview, she paused to inform me that her vocal cords have been damaged by illness, and her voice is now lower and […]
Medications for Weight Loss
The Medical University of South Carolina’s Weight Management Center participated in trials for the drug semaglutide for several years, a medication that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved in […]
Get to Know Your Hospital Chaplains
No two days are alike for the Rev. JohnBosco Ikemeh. From the minute he arrives at the Medical University of South Carolina in the early morning until the day is […]
Inclusive Playgrounds: Where Everyone Can Play
Under the 2010 Americans with Disabilities Act, playground equipment and facilities constructed or altered on or after March 15, 2012, must comply with strict standards for accessible design. As cities […]
New Spinal Surgery Technology
Living with severe back or leg pain can be debilitating and prevent you from having a normal life. In April, Summerville Medical Center launched a minimally invasive spine surgery program […]